Etienne Vatelot – Book, Les Archets Français (volume 1 and 2) – 1976 – Beperkte oplage

Les Archets Français - Etienne VatelotFirst edition (September 1976) Sernor - M. Dufour, volume 1 and volume 2, complete, Two volumes in burgundy cloth, gilt titles, large format 305 mm x 210 mm, 1025 pages, color photo illustration, French, English, German trilingual text.Important book on bows by the French violin and bow expert Etienne Vatelot. Approximately 800 color photographs with more than 1000 pages of data. Acheve d'imprimer sur les presses de l'imprimerie Berger-Levrault a Nancy en Septembre 1977. Includes Short bowmakers biographies. From the preface of the Book:This book has taken five odd years to prepare - in spite of this, it is possible there may be one or two omissions, for which I apologise in advance. If there are any, they will be entirely in- voluntary and as much as anything, will be due to lack of infor- mation. That said, the object of this book was to put together in one place the name of every French bowmaker with a description of his life and work. As far as their work is concerned, I must point out that one should not necessarily expect the same style in all their productions. A large number of makers, including the... lees verder bij Catawiki